Improved washing-machine



N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHUGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

WATSON KENDERDINE, OF LUMBERVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,626, dated April 3, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WATSON KENDERDTNE, of Lumberville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Washing Machine; and I do hereby declare the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature otl my invention consists in a rotary cylinder having its surface composed of cone-shaped tluted rollers. The said cylinder is rotated over a concave wash-board, and the clothes are inserted between the cylinder and the wash-board.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure lis a plan ofthe machine. a longitudinal section.

Similar letters on each refer to the same parts.

A is the cylinder, having two ends, B B. Round the periphery of the cylinder are placed rollers running on pins in each end B B. These rollers (marked C) may be cylindrical and plain, but I prefer to make them cone-shaped and uted, as this form not only gives the required rubbing, but causes the fabrics to be drawn gently through the machine at the same time. The cylinder A is mounted on a centerpin, T, in bearings I), which are fixed to the sides of the Wash-tub P. The cylinder is ro- Fig. 2 is tated in the direction of arrow X, either by the handle E or pulley F.

G is the concave wash-board with its cor` rngated surface H. This board is hinged at one end, K, and at the other end it is connected, by rods L, cross-bar M, and rod N, to lever O. By pressing on the end of lever O the concave washboard maybe raised or lowered to suit the. thickness of fabric or the pressure required, thus placing it immediately under the control ofthe operator.

Fig. 3 shows an alteration otl the wash-board which I use for washing heavy fabrics.

The rollers It R run on pins in the side frames, G, ofthe waslrboard, and acontinuous canvas belt is carried over the two end rollers. This arrangement is inserted beneath the cylinder A in the part of the concave marked g'.

The operation is obvious Without much eX- planation. The clothes are inserted at H, and the cylinder turned in the direction ot' arrow X. The clothes are washed by the action ot' rollers C upon them, the pressure required being caused by pressing on lever O and elevatin g the concave Gr.

I do not claim a segment ot' a cylinder having a rocking motion given to it.

NVliat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the rotary cylinder A, with its surface of cone-shaped tinted rollers C, and the adjustable concave G, operating substantially as described.

2. Raising the concave G by means of the lever O, rods N and L, and cross-bar M, or their equivalents, substantially as described.

IVATSON KENDERDINE.

Witnesses JOHN E. KENDERDINE, JOHN B. PUGH. 

